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THE
Black Hawk War
INCLUDING A REVIEW OF
BLACK HAWK’S LIFE
Illustrated with upward of three hundred rare and interesting
portraits and views
BY
FRANK E. STEVENS
FRANK E. STEVENS
1205 Chamber of Commerce Bldg.
Chicago . . Illinois
1903
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1903, by
FRANK E. STEVENS
in the office of the Librarian of Congress at
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mother–
This book represents long years of patient toil from which a corresponding return is not expected; it has been a labor of love. To whom, then, should it be dedicated but yourself, who spent so many toilsome years to rear its author, who may never repay a fraction of the debt he owes you.
F.E.S.